Maddie..

Johnny was walking home from school and he saw a possum play dead. He asked Keri, “what is it doing?!” Keri replied “you’ve witnessed a response to the stress that the possum had when he felt threatened by you, or something else. Stress can be either good or bad, and is one of the key factor that keeps the system in homeostasis.”

Johnny questioned, “So… What is stress anyways..?!” “Stress is your body’s trigger to any kind of demand given by your brain.” Answered Keri.

Johnny looked at Keri with a confused look on his face. Keri sighed, “When the body feels stress, it triggers a response from the endocrine system that releases chemicals such as adrenaline to give the animal strength and energy to combat the issue… That’s why when people get into car wrecks, the victim doesn’t necessarily immediately feel injuries because adrenaline is released and acts as an anesthetic and doesn’t hurt until the next day.”

“Oh! I get it now! Let’s take a look more closely from the inside of out body… With our brain itself!”

Stress has four classifications: Internal, survival, environmental, and fatigue.

    **  Internal stress: An emotional stress that is caused by worrying about things that can’t be changed. Many people become addicted to internal stress and look for situations that make them stressed. This stress is generally not conducive to homeostasis.

    **  Environmental stress: Stress caused by a person’s surroundings, such as excessive noise, a lack of space, or pressure from beings in the area.

    **  Survival Stress: Stress caused to trigger a response when you feel like you’re in danger, such as the immediate response being running when you see a bear.

    **  Overwork/ Fatigue: Accumulated stress that can take a toll on one’s body. Such stress can be caused by lack of sleep, food, or water.

We’re looking for new things occurring in the body when stress occurs.

Keri exclaims, “Hey, Johnny! There’s something new right there!”

“Johnny, so as we observed when you are stressed a lot of things happen. You are adrenalin starts pumping, your heart rate goes up, your blood vessels dilate, breathing increases, you sweat a lot more, your metabolism slows down, your muscles become tense, and your pupils enlarge.”